by Paul Chappell | May 12, 2022 | Holy Land Tour
Nazareth Nazareth is situated on the most southern of the ranges of lower Galilee, about ten miles from the plain of Esdraelon. “You cannot see from Nazareth the surrounding country, for Nazareth lays in a basin; but the moment you climb to the edge of this basin . ....
by Paul Chappell | May 12, 2022 | Holy Land Tour
Mount Carmel Mount Carmel is the place where Elijah had his contest with the prophets of Baal. Following the contest you could look west toward the Mediterranean Sea, as Elijah asked his servant to do, to see if there were any signs of rain clouds. Looking eastward...
by Paul Chappell | May 12, 2022 | Holy Land Tour
Caesarea Caesarea is located on the Mediterranean coast about midway between the city of Haifa and Tel Aviv. The city itself was built by Herod the Great and became the capital of the Roman government in Palestine. Its palace, theater, hippodrome, aqueduct and...
by Paul Chappell | May 11, 2022 | Holy Land Tour
Tel Aviv/Jaffa Joppa (Jaffa; Tel Aviv-Jaffa) – is Tel Aviv. This is the city seaport that Jonah fled to when running from God. In the Hebrew “Joppa” means – Yapho -fo’ or יפוא Yaphow’ (Ezr 3:7) yaw-fo’= “beautiful.” In the Greek Ιοππη means the same,...
by Paul Chappell | May 11, 2022 | Holy Land Tour
Arrived in Israel and looking forward to a great time with our group as we walk in the steps of our Lord!